Bill Freeman: Republican tenacity is harming economy

10:05 PM,
Mar. 12, 2013

Bill Freeman

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Bill Freeman

Republican intransigence is putting the economic well-being of middle class Americans at risk. Rather than help President Obama enact a balanced budget compromise that reduces the deficit while growing the economy and strengthening the middle class, Republicans forced devastating "sequestration" budget cuts to take effect - all in order to protect tax breaks that enrich the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class.

In 2011, Congress passed a law saying that if both parties couldn't agree on a plan to cut the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 10 years, some $1.2 trillion ...